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Bonding over family meals may help kids avoid the booze, weed and vapes

International Tufts University, USA Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma
5 hours ago

Youth among targets of gambling addiction intervention drive

Australia; International; NSW; VIC; QLD; SA; NT; ACT Flinders University Journal of Behavioral Addictions
6 hours ago

A mint idea becomes a game changer for medical devices

Australia; VIC; SA Flinders University,RMIT University Small
7 hours ago

Expanding access to testing and treatment for hepatitis B

Australia; NSW; VIC Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney,The University of New South Wales,The University of Sydney,The University of Melbourne,Monash University,Burnet Institute Journal of Clinical Microbiology
7 hours ago

Autism may not be less common in girls than boys

International Karolinska Institutet, Sweden The BMJ
7 hours ago

A period blood test could be a viable alternative to cervical screening

International Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, China The BMJ
12 hours ago

Stress hormones may explain why your dog is acting out

International Kyungpook National University, Republic of Korea PLOS One
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EXPERT REACTION: Nasal sprays could help protect us from flu

International Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health (USA), Leyden Laboratories BV (Netherlands) Science Translational Medicine
12 hours ago

From 'symbols of colonisation' to a 'decolonising tool': how vaccine delivery in NZ could make the switch

New Zealand University of Auckland PLOS Global Public Health
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Neurotic people may have more sexual fantasies

International Michigan State University, USA PLOS One
15 hours ago

SCANning for connections: Targeting the SCAN brain network might improve Parkinson’s treatment

International Peking University, China Nature
18 hours ago

Australia needs improvement on guidelines for the morning after pill

Australia; QLD James Cook University Australian Journal of Primary Health
18 hours ago

The life expectancy of people with intellectual disability is 16 years shorter than the average

Australia; NSW The University of New South Wales BMJ Open
21 hours ago

Sugar molecules point to a new weapon against drug-resistant bacteria

Australia; NSW; VIC The University of Sydney,WEHI,The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity Nature Chemical Biology
21 hours ago

Older people are more likely to be exposed to online health misinformation

International University of Utah, USA Nature Aging
21 hours ago

Bushfire smoke linked to increase in emergency visits for child mental health

Australia; VIC Monash University Nature Mental Health
21 hours ago

More than 1 in 20 women with postpartum depression struggle to respond to treatment

International Karolinska Institutet, Sweden Nature Mental Health
22 hours ago

New AI model enables native speakers and foreign learners to read undiacritized Arabic texts with greater fluency

International University of Sharjah Information Processing & Management
4 February 2026

Silky skills: Australian spider rewrites the rules of web design

Australia; NSW Macquarie University PNAS
4 February 2026

Aussie cancer data for World Cancer Day and Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month

Australia Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW)
4 February 2026

New solution for moderate-to-severe sleep apnoea

Australia; SA; WA Flinders University,Murdoch University CHEST
4 February 2026

Embrace the pressure: suppressing stress linked to poorer performance

International University of Bern, Switzerland Royal Society Open Science
4 February 2026

Playful teasing may help great apes establish social boundaries

International Indiana University, USA Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B
4 February 2026

It may be too early to provide advice on a healthy media diet

Australia; International; VIC La Trobe University,Trimbos-institute, Netherlands Royal Society Open Science
4 February 2026

Lack of ‘hunger hormone’ may help snakes survive months between meals

International University of Porto, Portugal Open Biology
4 February 2026

How mindfulness can support GenAI use in transforming project management

Australia; WA Edith Cowan University,Curtin University International Journal of Project Management
Expert Reaction
4 February 2026

EXPERT REACTION: Physical fitness of transgender and cisgender women is comparable

International Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil British Journal of Sports Medicine
4 February 2026

Patients with duplicate medical records have worse hospital outcomes and a higher risk of death

International University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, USA BMJ Quality and Safety
4 February 2026

Recycling old mattresses into building insulation using fungi

Australia; VIC Swinburne University of Technology Scientific Reports
4 February 2026

Could AI help students feel better about learning maths?

Australia; SA Adelaide University njp science of learning
4 February 2026

Medical test strip could allow accessible diagnosis

Australia; VIC; QLD La Trobe University,The University of Melbourne,Griffith University Small
4 February 2026

Global push to close critical gaps in women’s heart attack care

Australia; NSW Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute (VCCRI) Circulation
4 February 2026

Early periods and late menopause linked with higher risk of ovarian cancer

International The Catholic University of Korea, Republic of Korea JAMA Network Open
4 February 2026

The 2024-2025 COVID-19 vaccines are still offering high protection against severe complications

International Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA JAMA Network Open
4 February 2026

Two in five cancers worldwide are likely preventable

International World Health Organization (WHO),International Agency for Research on Cancer, France Nature Medicine
4 February 2026

RNA molecule discovery could lead to potential new breast cancer therapy

Australia; NSW; VIC; QLD; WA QIMR Berghofer,Queensland University of Technology (QUT),The University of Queensland,Mater Research,WEHI,Garvan Institute of Medical Research,The University of New South Wales,Murdoch University Molecular Cancer

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